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DiploPod is a regular series hosted by Jen Psaki featuring commentary and analysis from Carnegie experts on critical global issues. The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace is a unique global network of policy research centers in Russia, China, Europe, the Middle East, India, and the United States. Our mission, dating back more than a century, is to advance the cause of peace through analysis and development of fresh policy ideas and direct engagement and collaboration with decisionmakers.

DiploPod is a regular series hosted by Jen Psaki featuring commentary and analysis from Carnegie experts on critical global issues. The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace is a unique global network of policy research centers in Russia, China, Europe, the Middle East, India, and the United States. Our mission, dating back more than a century, is to advance the cause of peace through analysis and development of fresh policy ideas and direct engagement and collaboration with decisionmakers.

DiploPod is a regular series hosted by Jen Psaki featuring commentary and analysis from Carnegie experts on critical global issues. The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace is a unique global network of policy research centers in Russia, China, Europe, the Middle East, India, and the United States. Our mission, dating back more than a century, is to advance the cause of peace through analysis and development of fresh policy ideas and direct engagement and collaboration with decisionmakers.

Today we're unpacking the crisis in Venezuela. We ask about its root causes, the showdown between Nicolás Maduro and Juan Guaidó, and why countries like Russia, Cuba, China, and the United States are so engaged in what happens there.

DiploPod is on Hiatus this week. Here’s one of our favorite conversations with Carnegie expert Jarrett Blanc about what sanctions are and how they work. This is the first episode of a three-part special series on sanctions—a 101 course on how sanctions work and how policymakers should use them. Scroll back up in your feed for the other Sanctions 101 episodes!

DiploPod is on Hiatus this week. Here’s one of our favorite conversations from fellow Carnegie podcast host Milan Vaishnav's show, Grand Tamasha. Indian-American comedian Hasan Minhaj joined Milan to talk about his hit Netflix show and hows he views Indian politics from the United States.

Saudi Arabia has received a lot of negative attention in recent months, from the murder of Jamal Khashoggi to recent reporting about U.S. weapons originally sold to the Saudis showing up in Yemen. Have there been any consequences for their relationship with the United States?

Nuclear talks with Iran and North Korea have taken over the headlines, building on years of diplomacy that often goes unseen. Jen talks to Suzanne DiMaggio, who has been negotiating behind the scenes with the Iranians and North Koreans for twenty years.

The ties between Russia and China are deepening. Should the West be concerned? Jen talks to Carnegie Moscow expert Alexander Gabuev about what’s bringing them together, and the consequences for the United States.